“It is difficult to imagine a Cabinet appointment more calculated to dismay or outrage Labour supporters than that of Peter Mandelson….”

The Morning Star describe Gordon Brown’s plan to “nationalise” Bradford & Bingley as simply a smaller-scale replica of the Bush administration’s bail-out of a banking sector bleeding to death from self-inflicted wounds.

The Morning Star reflects on the Labour Party conference and the Convention of the Left- both of which are taking place in Manchester.

The Morning Star describe how the collapse of holiday giant XL Leisure Group is an example of the amoral chaos of market capitalism, providing good reason for social ownership of banks and big businesses generally.

The Morning Star describe how Gordon Brown’s willingness to continually appease big business and shareholders- as evidenced by his recent speech at the CBI- rather than support the needs of working class people and trade union members, will lead to electoral disaster for New Labour.

The Morning Star reflect on crime reduction charity Nacro’s decision to get into bed with private security contractor G4S and bid to run two prisons.

The Morning Star outlines the government’s responsibility for and inadequate responses to the current economic crises facing the UK, focusing on the rising levels of inequality throughout society, as evidenced by the massive gap in pensions payments between bosses and workers.

The Morning Star argue that government funding of new council homes, with a return to restriction of the right to buy, could make a real dent in homelessness and help to hold down runaway inflation in the housing market after the current slump.

The Criminal Justice Alliance systematic demolition of the government’s case for building three US-style huge Titan prisons ought to be grabbed as a lifeline by the government, says the Morning Star

The Morning Star describe recent developments regarding policing in Northern Ireland, where Sinn Fein have reacted to the slow progress towards devolving powers to Stormont by threatening to pull out its ministers from the power-sharing government.

The Morning Star reflect upon Gordon Brown’s recent surprise visit to the UK forces in Afghanistan, who face a dangerous and unwinnable situation, as casualties rise and resistance grows fiercer every day.

The Morning Star reflects upon the recent killing of an Afghan woman and two children by rockets fired by British forces in Helmand province and consider the legacy of Pervez Musharraf, outgoing president of Pakistan.

The Morning Star reports on the soaring rate of house repossessions as struggling mortage payers are faced with ever-rising repayments and considers the role the government has played in suppressing public needs for the sake of the market.

The Morning Star questions David Miliband’s unimaginative challenge to Gordon Brown and considers the role the trade unions have played in keeping New Labour afloat as voters turn elsewhere and party membership continues to decline.

The Morning Star report on BAE Systems posting a net profit of £586 million in the first six months of this year, as the arms giant continues to benefit massively from the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The weekend festival at Tolpuddle not only commemorates an injustice done to six agricultural workers 174 years ago but serves as a reminder that working people are still denied basic rights today. The Morning Star reports

The Morning Star points to a recent government report praising the huge private profits that have been generated by privatisation as yet more evidence that New Labour is fanatically committed to neo-liberal dogma.

The Morning Star argues that the proposed merger between Unite and the North American union USW could be an effective bulwark against pressure from multinational corporations to perpetually diminish pay and conditions for working people.

The Morning Star comments on a recent ruling by the European Court of Justice in favour of free trade, and against workers’ rights

The case for public ownership has never been more pressing, says the Morning Star. It must become a major campaigning issue now, because our entire post-World War II gains are at risk.